2018 | ClassicalFLAC, Lossless | 1,12 GbBeethoven was Wilhelm Furtwängler’s guiding musical force.

In his interpretations of the symphonies, the conductor generates irresistible dramatic momentum – and a constant sense of imaginative freshness – through the interrelationship of form, harmony, texture, rhythm and tempo.

These recordings, all made in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in the Musikverein in Vienna and at concerts in London, Bayreuth and Stockholm, were newly remastered in 2010, bringing their sound more alive than ever before.

Track ListingsDisc: 11. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio2. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto3. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)4. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace5. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”: I. Allegro con brio6. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”: II. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)7. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”: III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)8. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”: IV. Allegro molto – Poco andante – PrestoDisc: 21. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: I. Adagio – Allegro con brio2. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: II. Larghetto3. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: III. Scherzo (Allegro)4. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: IV. Allegro molto5. Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: I. Adagio – Allegro vivace6. Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: II. Adagio7. Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: III. Allegro vivace – Trio (Un poco meno allegro)8. Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: IV. Allegro ma non troppoDisc: 31. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio2. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto3. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro4. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro – Presto5. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace6. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto7. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: III. Presto – Assai meno presto8. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brioDisc: 41. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”: I. Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of Cheerful Feeli2. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”: II. Andante molto moto (Scene by the Brook)3. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”: III. Allegro (Merry Gathering of the Country Folk)4. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”: IV. Allegro (Storm and Tempest)5. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”: V. Allegretto (Shepherds’ Song. Happy and Thankful Fe6. Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio7. Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando8. Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: III. Tempo di menuetto9. Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro vivaceDisc: 51. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, “Choral”: I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso2. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, “Choral”: II. Molto vivace – Presto – Molto vivace – Presto3. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, “Choral”: III. Adagio molto e cantabile – Andante moderato4. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, “Choral”: IV. Presto – Allegro assai – (Ode to Joy)